A Critique of Freedom and Equality

This book is about the grounds of ethical life, or the nature and basis of our ethical obligations.

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: 1. The equal value of individuals as self-determining beings; 2. A preliminary notice of the difficulties; 3. Authenticity; 4. Egoism; 5. The principle of equal value in some contemporary literature; 6. The motivational structure of morality; 7. Hobbesian egoism; 8. Benevolence and sympathy; 9. Rousseau; 10. Rationalism and Kant; 11. Self-interest, morality and the divided self; 12. Utilitarianism; 13. Subordinate ordering principles; 14. The liberal theory of equal freedom; 15. Egalitarianism; 16. The Rawlsian combination; Part II. 17. Hegel; 18. Marx; Part III: 19. The relativity of value; 20. The fundamental moral attitude; 21. The possibility of morality; 22. The moral attitude and the rights of individuals; 23. The right to particular satisfaction or welfare; 24. The standpoint of the whole; 25. Ethical criticism; 26. Subjectivity and objectivity in morals; 27. The unity of the human race; Index.